The person who trained Jon Jones believes the UFC GOAT is passing on one among his special traits.
This past weekend, Gable Steveson’s second MMA fight resulted in one other impressive performance from one among the most important prospects in the game.
The previous Olympic gold medalist wrestler has quickly built momentum since committing himself to a profession in combat sports.
While we haven’t seen him tested yet, many already wish to see Steveson sign with the UFC so as to add some much-needed excitement to the heavyweight division.
It actually won’t hurt his progress that he’s learning his craft alongside the coaches of the consensus best of all time.
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Greg Jackson says Gable Steveson shares Jon Jones’ creativity contained in the cage
Jon Jones has claimed that coaching Gable Steveson “appears like cheating” due to the huge amounts of potential that the wrestling star has in MMA.
‘Bones’ doesn’t consider that it can take his training partner long to ascend to the highest of the game, which can also be the story of his own profession.
The person who has coached each men, Greg Jackson, believes that Steveson even shares an identical trait with Jones which immediately marked the previous UFC heavyweight and lightweight heavyweight champion as special.
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In a video posted on Demetrious Johnson’s YouTube channel, Jackson reflected on Steveson’s win at APFC 21 on November 23.
When he was asked about whether the 2-0 fighter reminds him of a young Jones in any respect, he highlighted an attribute that we haven’t seen much of from the 25-year-old.
“Gable does remind me of a young Jon Jones of their creativity,” Jackson admitted. “Very different body styles, right? Jon’s very tall and Gable’s a bit of shorter. Gable hits with a variety of power but they’re each incredibly creative.
“I feel that’s their type of commonality and I feel that’s what Jon is absolutely attempting to impart into Gable is to take into consideration all these various things and these different avenues. I mean, he hit a left hook and a double leg at the identical time. That’ll show you the way creative this guy is.”
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Gable Steveson revealed Jon Jones’ advice to him ahead of his recent win
In the identical video, Gable Steveson spoke about his second win in MMA and his immediate plans for the long run.
The Olympic gold medalist was asked to disclose what Jon Jones said to him ahead of this fight, where once more, being creative and loose got here up.
“S— man, rejoice,” Steveson responded. “I mean, we come out here to rejoice. You get locked in a cage and I feel like persons are so timid of the moment but our motto is go on the market and be loose.
“I’ve wrestled in front of 20-30,000 people. I played football for the Buffalo Bills they usually average like 80,000 a game and I’ve never played football before, so I am going on the market and I attempt to dominate in the whole lot that I do.”
Given his wrestling background and noteworthy athleticism, it might be a while before we truly get to see the extent of Steveson’s creativity contained in the cage.